An elf, a genius scientist who traveled from the world of One Piece.

Chapter 257 Fathead Fish, Can't Fly, and the Flying Caterpillar to be Summoned

In Lilycove City, all the Hoenn League Gym Leaders, the Elite Four, along with the Champion Wallace, Steven, the strongest player in the region, and other core members, have gathered here.

Because the Indigo Stadium is still under reconstruction, the main characters of the Hoenn Tournament, which was chosen as their first regional league, happened to gather here.

This includes Ash, Gary, Gold, Ruby, Sapphire, and others.

"you!?"

Everything else was fine, but Ruby and Safia instinctively used the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Finger on each other as soon as they met.

"I've already got 7 badges. As long as I defeat Naki, the Gym Leader of the Lilycove City Gym, I'll qualify to challenge the Rainbow Tournament."

Ah Jin asked with a smug look on his face.

"That's because I've been focusing all my time on special training; otherwise, I would have already collected all eight badges."

Xiao Zhi stubbornly insisted.

He has only earned 5 badges so far, the fewest of the three.

Ajin and Xiaomao simultaneously raised their middle fingers.

"What happened that led to so many people, including Daigo, gathering together?"

Noticing the group of gym trainers entering the Yuen Yu Gym one after another, Akin asked curiously.

Xiao Mao glanced at it and said, "It seems like Team Rocket is causing trouble again, discussing how to deal with them."

"I know, I know!"

Having finally found the initiative in the conversation, Ash couldn't wait to describe to the two what had happened at the Lilycove City Carnival a while ago.

Seeing this guy's smug expression, Xiao Mao couldn't help but tease him, "So who did you beat? Sister Xiao Lan? Or that Mary?"

"No, that's not it. For some reason, the Team Magma member suddenly hugged a mutated girl from Team Rocket and started crying, and then they left without fighting..."

Ash rattled off a whole bunch of things, leaving Gary and Gold completely bewildered.

Did the Magma team members see the Rocket team members crying? And what about the woman with mutated left hand and left foot?

What kind of nonsense is this?

"So, you didn't fight with them, right?"

After a moment of silence, Xiao Mao asked.

"No, no, didn't I already say they left halfway through?"

Xiao Zhi pouted.

Xiao Mao and A Jin both scoffed "Tch!" at the same time, their faces full of disdain.

What's so great about not hitting me?

Just as Akin was pondering whether to sneak into the Yinyu Dojo to listen to what those people were talking about, a loud argument suddenly broke out behind him.

The Kanto trio turned their heads to look.

The two from Hoenn started arguing for some unknown reason.

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At a meeting attended by the Hoenn Alliance Chairman and Zuvuki Hibiscus, the richest man in Hoenn, the two recounted their "Raikkon Capture Plan," which they had devised six years ago, to the Hoenn elites and external supporters like Leon.

Seeing Xijiana's current appearance at the previous Yinyu Carnival, and combining this with what Mari said when sending off the sacred mountain.

Zivchi Mujin and Chairman Hoenn have already clearly outlined the entire sequence of events.

The atmosphere was deathly silent. Whether it was the young owners like Aysa and the Nanfeng twins, or the veteran elites like Genji and Adam, they all looked at their chairman and the richest man with eyes that seemed to have seen a ghost.

I can't believe they could do something like this.

It's one thing to try to capture Rayquaza by ganging up on it, but to capture one that already has an owner?

Not only that, you even killed them?!

"So, in other words, after President Hibiscus took Rayquaza away back then, the Rayquaza trainer named 'Shiokana' didn't die, but was rescued by Team Rocket, and now they've come seeking revenge, is that what you mean?"

Finally, it was Dan Di, the outsider, who broke the silence.

"That Higana called Shiogana 'older sister,' no wonder she was so hostile towards me in Saiyu City before..."

Daigo smiled bitterly.

Mikoli licked her dry lips. "It's hard to say whether they intend to take revenge, but based on the information we have so far, their current goal is to help Shiogana retrieve Rayquaza."

Naki, the gym leader, frowned and said, "Rayquaza originally belonged to Shiokana. If she were an ordinary trainer, I wouldn't object to her wanting to reclaim her Pokémon. But she's now a member of Team Rocket. If she succeeds, it means Team Rocket will have the Sky Dragon. Everyone, what do you think we should do about this?"

A second silence fell over the room.

Indeed, the alliance is in the wrong in this matter, both morally and logically.

The Sky Throw originally belonged to Xijia, so there's nothing wrong with her wanting to take it back now.

But she happens to be a member of Team Rocket, and also one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!

The Rockets' power was already getting increasingly out of control, and now they have Rayquaza... Damn it!

Not to mention since the alliance was founded, this is probably the strongest criminal organization Arceus has ever created in the world.

"...I'll take the blame for this."

Zivchi Hibiscus suddenly spoke.

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Alola Manaro Artificial Island, inside the conference room of the new Pokémon League headquarters.

The newly appointed president of the alliance, Lusamine, handed a document to Su Sheng and asked, "Sheng, what do you think we should do about this?"

The document contains the Hoenn Alliance's proposed solution for handling the Shiokana incident.

Hoenn plans to have the Hoenn President and Zivchi Hibiscus hold an apology press conference to reveal the truth about Rayquaza's capture incident, in order to gain the forgiveness of the Shigana and Shigana sisters.

Upon seeing this plan, Su Sheng immediately looked at the elderly man on the subway.

In the original manga, Zvoki Hibiscus did indeed use this tactic to make Higana abandon her revenge plan, of course, with the added benefit of the main characters' persuasive skills.

It's ridiculous, but it really did succeed.

But this is reality.

Given Xijiana's current foolish behavior, Su Sheng didn't think she would succeed in her verbal sparring.

And don't forget, the current president of the league is Lusamine, not Damaranchi.

This shocking scandal has been exposed.

This will definitely affect Lusamine's position as president.

Just then, Su Sheng's phone rang.

It was Xiao Lan calling, saying that Sakaki wanted to discuss something with him.

Su Sheng put down the documents, told Lusamine to "tell those idiots not to make any rash moves," and then released Hoopa to open the door and arrive at Team Rocket's base.

As soon as Su Sheng passed through the portal, he saw Sakaki in a red-hot state.

"What happened, uncle? Why are you so angry?"

Su Sheng asked curiously.

Xiao Lan handed a newspaper to Su Sheng.

This is the largest-circulation newspaper in the Kanto region, "Kinjin Keizai Shimbun".

The front page featured Silver in a police uniform, with the headline: "Background doesn't matter! Silver, son of Team Rocket leader Giovanni, officially inherits the will of his mentor, Champion Lance, becoming the youngest investigator in Pokémon League history!"

Su Sheng blinked twice.

We've finally come to this point.

In the original story, Silver said he would personally bring Team Rocket to justice, but now, because he was adopted by Lance for a year, he has been deeply influenced by him and has even become an investigator.

No wonder Sakaki was so angry.

"Uncle Sakaki hasn't given up on the idea of ​​making Gin his successor."

Xiao Lan whispered in Su Sheng's ear.

Su Sheng pondered for a moment, then said, "Uncle, I have an idea, although the price is a bit high..."

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Several hours later, at Hoenn Inoyu Gym.

All the museum owners and the Heavenly King remained seated, awaiting a reply from headquarters.

After Zvuch Mujin proposed holding a press conference to apologize, the Hoenn trainers present split into two factions.

Young trainers like Aysa, Nan, Maple, and Furong were in favor of admitting their mistakes.

Meanwhile, middle-aged and older trainers like Genji, Senri, and Adam were on the opposing side, feeling that revealing the truth was pointless.

With the two sides deadlocked, it was ultimately decided that headquarters would make the final decision.

"Asheng said that keeping this a secret, even if Dad and the president publicly apologize, won't change anything. What we need to do now is to do everything we can to stop Xijiana from taking back the Liekongzuo."

Daigo sighed upon receiving Su Sheng's reply.

"Why is Dr. Su Sheng all—"

Aysa's eyes widened in disbelief that her idol would condone such a practice of concealing the truth.

"that's right."

As the strongest Gym Leader in Hoenn, Senri crossed his arms and said with a serious expression, "Let alone whether those sisters will accept our apology, even if we make the things that happened back then public, nothing will change. On the contrary, it will cause the Pokémon League's credibility, which has just returned to normal, to plummet."

As the saying goes, only children consider right and wrong; adults only consider advantages and disadvantages.

These seasoned veterans saw it all clearly.

What good would revealing the truth do at this point?

Even if the other party accepts your apology, does that mean Xijia and the others won't go to Liekong to sit?

Rayquaza won't become a fighting force for Team Rocket?

And let's not forget how much damage Carlos and the Quartz League's credibility was damaged after Vladali and Giovanni's undercover identities were exposed.

It hasn't even been two years yet, and if it's revealed now that the Hoenn president and Zivchi Hibiscus have also done such shady things.

Does the Hoenn League have any shame left?

"It's despicable, but there's nothing we can do about it."

Adam stroked his beard and sighed, "Everyone, get ready, and then..."

Before Adam could finish speaking, everyone suddenly felt a violent tremor beneath their feet.

Ash and Gin, who were eavesdropping at the gym entrance, stumbled and fell to the ground.

Xiao Mao grabbed the doorknob just in time to steady himself and shouted, "Hey, what happened?"

"What... what is this...?"

Having just had a fight with Safia, Ruby sat under a tree, staring blankly at the sky.

The sky over the entire city of Yinyu seemed to be divided in two.

To the left, the blazing sun beat down, its blinding rays making it almost impossible to open one's eyes, and the vegetation on the ground looked as if it were about to burst into flames.

On the right, however, the situation was quite the opposite, with dense dark clouds and torrential rain engulfing half the city.

Completely opposite scenes are happening in the same place.

The only similarity is that both sides have wild Pokémon screaming in terror and running around like headless flies.

Just then, the Hoenn Association president's phone rang inside the dojo.

The call had barely connected when a subordinate's heart-wrenching wails came from the other end: "Master! Something terrible has happened! Groudon has awakened!"

Before he could even catch his breath, a second call came in, the voice repeating in a copied-and-pasted tone: "President! Something terrible has happened! Kyogre has woken up!"

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"Waaah—"

A deep, ancient cry seemed to emanate from two completely opposite locations: the northwestern landmass of Hoenn and the southeastern seabed.

These two regions are called "Land Cave" and "Sea Cave" respectively, and they are the places where Groudon and Kyogre awoke.

Before the entrance to the Cave of the Land, a huge crimson beast emerged from the lava, watched by Mary and Xiao Lan.

"It looks quite different from what it did two years ago during the Miare battle."

Azure, who had just been awakened by the crimson pearl, asked curiously.

Compared to his state two years ago when he was forcibly summoned by Hoopa during the Great War of the Gods in Lumiose City, Groudon is now in a much more ferocious and terrifying state.

Not only was its size more than half again as large, but the seams between its skin also shimmered with an orange-yellow hue as if lava was flowing, and the huge "Ω" mark on the back of its hand was even more eye-catching!

Primal Groudon!

"roar!!"

The original Groudon roared deafeningly, its dangerous gaze fixed on the southeast.

He felt it, he felt it.

That damn fathead fish's scent!

Feeling the vibration in her pants, Xiao Lan took out her phone. As soon as she answered, she heard Sigana's voice on the other end, "You've already woken Groudon, right?"

"Yeah, to be honest, he has a bad temper. He tried to hurt me and Mary when we first woke up, but luckily we ran away quickly."

Only by personally facing the legends can one truly feel their terror. Even Azure couldn't imagine what Su Sheng must have felt when facing so many divine beasts two years ago.

"Hehe, we've woken up Kyogre too. Next, my sister and I are going to Sky Pillar to perform the ritual to summon Rayquaza. Want to come along?"

Higana's tone was full of anticipation.

She had waited too long for this day.

Looking at the back of the deity who turned a vast ocean into a parched land with every step he took, Xiao Lan quickly suppressed her curiosity and said, "I'll pass."

Although she also wanted to see how the Meteor Dwellers summoned the legendary dragon.

But the enhanced Land and Sea Gods are no joke when they fight.

Xiao Lan still wanted to go to that side to minimize the possibility of ordinary people being affected by the fighting.

Riding on the back of her new partner, Roaring Moon, whom she had captured in Sector Zero, Blue, who was quietly following behind Primal Groudon, took out the Golden Economic Newspaper with a picture of her younger brother, Silver, and swallowed hard.

The situation doesn't look good from here on out.

(End of this chapter)